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the shades of brown. and we welcome sheri. thank you for being here with us, came in from michigan. >> thank you. >> pleasure to have you here. the company pretty brown girl, it's a great idea. but why did you a successful woman, a mom, a role model for your daughter, need to come up with this concept? what was happening in her life that made you think this was important and had to be done? >> yes, i have two daughters. ages 6 and 7. and my oldest daughter was starting kindergarten. she was the only african- american in her class. we immediately started to see her self-esteem start to dwindle and that was very concerning for me at a mother. i'd also taken my daughters to a very popular doll store. they had a whole wall and they didn't pick the pretty brown girl doll. it was a hologram of girls and all -- whole group of girls and all the decisions were the same. that goes back to the doll test when given the choice. >> people may not remember that but that also talked about that separate but equal was not
the shades of brown. and we welcome sheri. thank you for being here with us, came in from michigan. >> thank you. >> pleasure to have you here. the company pretty brown girl, it's a great idea. but why did you a successful woman, a mom, a role model for your daughter, need to come up with this concept? what was happening in her life that made you think this was important and had to be done? >> yes, i have two daughters. ages 6 and 7. and my oldest daughter was starting...
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. >>> in the district of columbia michael brown was defeated. >> david grosso edged him out. >> brown was troubled by a string of uncomfortable revelations concerning his finances. >> upset over a string of ethical failures by various city leaders, brown is out, david grosso is at large city councilman in our district. >> we want to get live to ko im. good morning. >> reporter: good morning andrea and mike. we continue to see most ethics this morning, three charter amendments surrounded the character of the politicians and they all passed overwhelmingly. the numbers tell the story of how voters want the 13 member council and the mayor to stay away from trouble. amendment 5 now lets council members with a five out of six vote to expel one of thinker own for quote -- their own for quote gross misconduct. also convicted of a felony
. >>> in the district of columbia michael brown was defeated. >> david grosso edged him out. >> brown was troubled by a string of uncomfortable revelations concerning his finances. >> upset over a string of ethical failures by various city leaders, brown is out, david grosso is at large city councilman in our district. >> we want to get live to ko im. good morning. >> reporter: good morning andrea and mike. we continue to see most ethics this morning,...
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. >> in massachusetts elizabeth warren defeated scott brown. warren'sed a socksy work led to the founding of the u.s. consumer financial protection bureau. >> republican hopes evaporated months ago after the legitimate rape comments came out. mccase cast kill returned to capitol hill for another term. >>> another candidate trying to rebound from controversial comments about rape, richard mourdock. however, he too lost the indiana senate race to joe donnellly. he will replace richard hugher who lost to mourdock in the may area. >>> we go to jessica doyle with more on this. jessica? >> you've come a long way baby. the 113th congress will have at least 19 female senators. that's a record and two more than right now. kate shepherd from mother jones
. >> in massachusetts elizabeth warren defeated scott brown. warren'sed a socksy work led to the founding of the u.s. consumer financial protection bureau. >> republican hopes evaporated months ago after the legitimate rape comments came out. mccase cast kill returned to capitol hill for another term. >>> another candidate trying to rebound from controversial comments about rape, richard mourdock. however, he too lost the indiana senate race to joe donnellly. he will...
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prosecutors are only asking brown to spend six days in jail on bank fraud but brown's lawyer says he's suffered enough and shouldn't serve any jail time. >>> today police causing the man the east coast rapist is expected to plead guilty in a court room. aaron thomas is accused of attacking more than a hundred women from virginia to connecticut. >>> it is coming up on 6:35. jessica doyle is back with another your money report. >> she's talking about -- i would say a surprise regarding some new wheels. >> that's right. this is a huge surprise for a lot of folks. motor friend is out with its car of the year. and it's one very few of us would ever be able to afford. they picked model f -- the tesla model s ranges in price up to $100,000. the plug-in luxury model s topped the list of contenders. motor trend says it's the first time in memory that every single judge agreed the tesla is the car of the year t. can go 265 -- year. it can go 265 miles on a single charge. if they're giving them away, i'll take one. >>> in the first 24 hours of the release of a new game, sales have racked up to mo
prosecutors are only asking brown to spend six days in jail on bank fraud but brown's lawyer says he's suffered enough and shouldn't serve any jail time. >>> today police causing the man the east coast rapist is expected to plead guilty in a court room. aaron thomas is accused of attacking more than a hundred women from virginia to connecticut. >>> it is coming up on 6:35. jessica doyle is back with another your money report. >> she's talking about -- i would say a...
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council chairman kwame brown of sorts this morning. as long as he stays out of trouble, he won't spend time in jail for a campaign finance violation. a judge sentenced brown to 30 days in jail but suspended the sentence. earlier yesterday a federal judge sentenced hito one day in custody followed by six months of home detention for lying on loan applications. he also has to complete 480 hours of community service. brown admitted to both crimes in june. >>> a setback for prosecutors regarding the man called the east coast rapist. in a prince william county courtroom yesterday, suspect aaron thomas was expected to accept a plea deal. but when he appeared before the judge, he said he wasn't sure he knew what he was doing. so now it appears the case is headed for trial. thomas is charged with rape and abduction in an attack on three teenagers halloween night in 2009. >>> the acting chief executive of the long island power authority is resigning. it's effective at the end ever the year -- of the year. it comes amid growing backlash from sup
council chairman kwame brown of sorts this morning. as long as he stays out of trouble, he won't spend time in jail for a campaign finance violation. a judge sentenced brown to 30 days in jail but suspended the sentence. earlier yesterday a federal judge sentenced hito one day in custody followed by six months of home detention for lying on loan applications. he also has to complete 480 hours of community service. brown admitted to both crimes in june. >>> a setback for prosecutors...
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they got things started early and the browns kind of stifled the ravens offense. this touchdown pass to tori smith just kind of sealed the deal. the ravens end upbeating the browns 25-15 to stay atop the standings. >>> a quick look at sports this morning, have a great monday. >>> the maryland dream act, it is on this year's ballot and has caused much debate. >>> coming up we'll hear from both sides. right now let's go to monika? >> reporter: west side of town is in trouble on the beltway. look at that delay, the inner loop at the american legion bridge. i'll have more details as well an accident on the bw parkway, coming up. you are watching 9news now. stay with us. >>> first, here's a live look at blue skies over the u.s. capital dome. isn't that a lovely shot? 42 degrees feels even colder than that really. >> now we have changed the clocks, it is starting to get light. >> thank you for starting your monday with us, i'm andrea roane. >> i'm mike haiduk. thank you. >> good morning howard. >> just a little early morning, you know how that goes? > >> reporter: littl
they got things started early and the browns kind of stifled the ravens offense. this touchdown pass to tori smith just kind of sealed the deal. the ravens end upbeating the browns 25-15 to stay atop the standings. >>> a quick look at sports this morning, have a great monday. >>> the maryland dream act, it is on this year's ballot and has caused much debate. >>> coming up we'll hear from both sides. right now let's go to monika? >> reporter: west side of town is...